Fortress in Orion
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Pyr · Ebook · December 2, 2014
The Democracy is at war with the alien Traanskei Coalition.
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- Who it’s for
- A dangerous military-SF mission pairs strategic deception with a team assembled for a near-impossible job.
- Themes
- Interstellar war, Military deception, Survival against the odds
- Pacing
- Fast
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The Democracy is at war with the alien Traanskei Coalition. War hero Colonel Nathan Pretorius has a record of success on dangerous behind-enemy-lines missions, missions that usually leave him in the hospital. Now he's recruited for a near-impossible assignment that may well leave him dead. At the cost of many lives, the Democracy has managed to clone and train General Michkag, one of the Traanskei's master strategists.
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Colonel Pretorius and a hand-picked team must kidnap the real Michkag if they can, assassinate him if they can't, but no matter which, put the clone in his place, where he will misdirect the enemy's forces and funnel vital information to the Democracy. Against the odds, Pretorius, along with Cyborg Felix Ortega, computer expert Toni Levi, convict and contortionist Sally "Snake" Kowalski, the near-human empath Marlowe, the alien Gzychurlyx, and Madam Methuselah - the Dead Enders - must infiltrate the Fortress in Orion, accomplish their mission, and escape with their lives.
A Risky Infiltration
A dangerous military-SF mission pairs strategic deception with a team assembled for a near-impossible job.
Come here for
- Behind-enemy-lines stakes and a high-risk kidnapping-or-assassination mission
- A varied team that includes a cyborg, an empath, and a contortionist
Expect
- Space-opera conflict built around military strategy and infiltration
- An escape challenge where success may come at a steep cost
Where it sits
| Space Opera | 88% |
|---|---|
| Military Sci-Fi | 70% |
| Alien Contact | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Space Opera
- Military Sci-Fi
- Space Exploration Fiction
- Authors
- Mike Resnick
- Publisher
- Pyr
- Published
- December 2, 2014
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Interstellar war · Military deception · Survival against the odds
- Reading lane
- Space Opera